The Siege of Strasbourg |
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| Author:
| Chrastil, Rachel |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-72886-8 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2014 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $50.00 |
Book Description:
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For six terror-filled weeks in 1870 German armies bombarded Strasbourg, killing hundreds of citizens, wounding thousands, and destroying landmarks. Rachel Chrastil tells how the city became the epicenter of a new kind of warfare whose indiscriminate violence shocked contemporaries and led to debates over the wartime protection of civilians.
For six terror-filled weeks in 1870 German armies bombarded Strasbourg, killing hundreds of citizens, wounding thousands, and destroying landmarks. Rachel Chrastil tells how the city became the epicenter of a new kind of warfare whose indiscriminate violence shocked contemporaries and led to debates over the wartime protection of civilians.